Celtic Crossing, Memphis, Tennessee Restaurant Details

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Great patio and atmosphere. Friendly staff. Love the Yuengling on draft.

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Server is sucks! First time I come here with my husband. I never ever come back again.

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Great food. Great beer. Very cool crowd. Probably too cool for me. Mostly younger crowd. Saturday and Friday nights here are nuts.

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So…the owner (D.J. Naylor) of Celtic Crossing on Cooper St. threw me and my friends out of his restaurant a little while ago simply because I FOUND HAIR IN MY SALAD and he refused to make a new one. I brought this to our server’s attention (who by the way was very incompetent) and she snatched it out of my hand and returned to the kitchen. She then brought another plate out and said that they had re-plated it aka they put the SAME SALAD ON A DIFFERENT PLATE. By this time I’m completely done.

After seeing that the salad was NOT remade, I handed it back to the server and asked for her to just take it off my check. I had lost my appetite and was content to sit and fellowship with my friends until they finished eating. A couple minutes later, the owner rushes to our table and in an accusatory voice says, “We had this same problem with y’all about 7 months ago. I’ve been here since Friday and we haven’t had a plate come back yet!” We were confused at first because we didn’t understand what the problem was, who he was, and was trying to figure out who “ya’ll” was. He was so rude and insulting, that it took a minute for it to register that this was actually happening.

While we tried to explain the situation, he over talked us and then yelled at us and told us to “GET THE HELL OUT!” at no fault of ours in front of everyone! Mind you, we were THE ONLY TABLE OF BLACK PEOPLE AT THE RESTAURANT. He told us that they would cover the check and continually YELLED AND CURSED at us to leave. He then came out after we had walked away “apologizing” to the other (white) patrons for throwing us out. This is a restaurant that we eat at frequently and normally order the same thing with no problems, so we were regulars.

I am LIVID about this experience and embarrassed that this happened to my friends and I. I’ve been a server. I know what goes on in the kitchen of restaurants. (My stories would shock you!) So I’m understanding and offer grace when I do go to restaurants.

But none of that mattered. Our professional attire meant nothing. Our nice cars that we drove there meant nothing. Our accolades or accomplishments meant nothing. Nor the amount of degrees attained between us. All this racist owner saw was the color of our skin and pegged us as a bunch of black women looking for a free meal. We didn’t fit the demographic of his restaurant so he wanted us gone. My only regret is that I did not get a picture nor video footage of this incident, but it escalated so quickly and I was in complete shock.

I almost never post statuses on here, but I had to share this because I'm tired of instances like this. I will NEVER step foot in Celtic Crossing again and encourage others not to dine there as well. We have to STOP PATRONIZING BUSINESSES that treat customers this way. Black or white, what this owner did was wrong, humiliating, and insulting.

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This is our regular pub; our choice for watching Memphis sports and international football and pub quiz on Wednesday is terrific. The owners treat you well as do the bartenders. The atmosphere is good. We bring customers here during the day and they love it. Great place to meet up with other expats and soccer fans. Memphis warmth with an a real pub feel; especially weekdays.